{"id":177286,"date":"2025-09-02T12:09:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T11:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigerian-government-starts-paying-contractors-for-projects"},"modified":"2025-09-02T13:10:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T12:10:57","slug":"nigerian-government-starts-paying-contractors-for-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-government-starts-paying-contractors-for-projects","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Government Starts Paying Contractors for Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigerian government has begun payment to contractors of projects domiciled with federal government ministries, departments and agencies amid outcry.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson for the Office of the Accountant General of the federation, Bawa Mokwa, disclosed this exclusively in an interview on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after more than a year of non-payment to contractors handling federal government projects in MDAs.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2025, Bauchi Senatorial District Senator, Abdul Ahmed Ningi raised an alarm over non-payment to federal government contractors since 2024.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Monitoring and Evaluation, Obi Aguocha, had called on the Nigerian government to look into payments accrued to its contractors since last year.<\/p>\n<p>Mokwa said the federal government and the affected contractors have reached a resolution.<\/p>\n<p>He hinted that payment to federal government contractors has begun.<\/p>\n<p>Mokwa said the development followed a meeting between the federal government and contractors on Wednesday, last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a meeting with the contractors on Wednesday; resolutions were arrived at.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPayment to contractors has begun; it will be continued,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Nigerian government has begun payment to contractors of projects domiciled with federal government ministries, departments and agencies amid outcry. The spokesperson for the Office of the Accountant General of the federation, Bawa Mokwa, disclosed this exclusively in an interview on Monday. 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